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Plate XII.
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WING VENATION OF PEDICIINE CRANE-FLIES (TIPULIDAE
DIPTERA*.— ALEXANDER.
ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION
THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA.
Voi,. XXIX. JUNE, 1918. No. 6.
CONTENTS:
Alexander — A new Interpretation of | Brimley— Records of North Carolina
the Wing-venation of the Pediciine 1 Odonata from 190S to 1917 227
Crane-fiies (Tipulidae, Diptera). . . 201 Malloch— A New Species of Johann-
Weiss and Dickerson — The early sta- I senomyia (CeratopoKonidae, Dip.) 229
ges of Cor> thucha pergandei Held. I Wilson— A New Species of Macrosi-
( Hem., Horn.) 205 ! phum ( Aphididae. Hom. ) 230
Knight — Old and New Species of Lo- ' Ireland — Coenonympha brenda ( Lep. :
l)idea from the United States (He- Satyridae) 231
mip., Miridae) 210 1 Editorial — Making the Editorial of
Marchand — The Larval Stages of Ar- I Greater Use to Entomology 232
gyra albicans Lvi'. (Diptera, Doli- I Yuasa— An Extra Molt in tlie Nym-
chopodidae> 216 phal Stages of the Chinch Bug
McAfee— Psyllidae of the vicinity of 1 (Hem., Het.) 233
Washington, D. C, with descrip- ! Emergency Entomological Service 234
tion of a New Species of Aphalara ' Entomological Literature 237
(Hom.) 220 Obituary — Ottomar Reinecke 240
Goe— Life History and Habits of Gas- Dr. Emile Frey-Gessner 240
troidea caesia Rog. (Col ) 224 William Henry Harwood.. . 240
Richard S. Standen 240
A new Interpretation of the Wing-venation of the
Pediciine Crane-flies (Tipulidae, Diptera).
By Chas. p. /\lexander. University of Kansas. Lawrence,
Kans.
(Plate Xn.)
Since the appearance of Neeciham's exhaustive work on the
wing-\ enation of crane-flies* there has been a tremendous in-
crease in our knowledge of the group, the number of nev^^
species described in the past decade being far more than half
of all those discovered in the preceding century and a half.
These novelties have included many interesting new types
that give us additional and suggestive data on some of the
critical points of venation. In other papers I have shown the
probable true interpretation of the Cylindrotominae and in
* Needham, James George. Venation of the wings of Tipulidae.
23rd Report of the State Entomologist of New York for 1907, pp. 217-
248, pi. 11-30; 1908.
201
202 EXTOMOl^OOICAL NEWS. [ June. 'l8
this article I wish to take up a similar problem in the Pediciini.
The tribe Pediciini is one of the smaller groups of Tipulidae,
in North America being made up as follows: Pcdicia (4) ;
Tricyphcna (22); Ornithodes (i), constituting the Pediciae ;
Rhaphidolabis (9) ; Dicranota (5) and Polyangaeus (i). con-
stituting the Dicranotae. The figures in parentheses are the
numbers of apparently valid species at the present writing.
The species described by Williston as Rhaphidolabis dcbilis is
not included ; the type is a mere fragment and the species, to
my knowledge, has not been rediscovered, the Alaskan speci-
mens so considered by Coquillett being a Tricyphona that was
later described as T. glacialis.
It seems advisable to discuss at this time the reasons for
interpreting the venation of members of this tribe as has been
done in recent papers by the writer since the nomenclature
of the radial field that was used is ver\' different from that
hitherto accepted. Stated briefly, it may be said that the author
believes from the data that are now available that the vein
that has been called Ri is, in reality, Ri + 2, the short, oblique
branch of R2 having been hitherto called the radial cross- vein.
It has long been a striking character of this generalized group
that the so-called radial cross-vein was situated far out at the
tip of Ri, in some (as Polvangaens Doane. to judge from the
author's figure) being beyond the tip of 7?i and appearing as
a free branch of R2; in others (as Tricyphona vitripennis,
Rhaphidolabis flaveola, etc.) it is oblique and not unlike the
branch R2. Recently I have seen a remarkable crane-fly from
the north-western United States (7. protca) that proves that
the above interpretation is the correct one. the free portion
of R2 being long, oblique and fused with Ri only near the
wing-margin (see diagram 2).
This interpretation readily disposes- of almost all the
Pediciine genera, fitting the condition in Pcdicia and in most
Tricyphona. It does not fit Ula because, as shown elsewhere,
this genus is a Limnophiline typet. The apparent exceptions
X Alexander, Chas. P. Biology of the North American Crane-flies,
part 3. The Genus Ula Haliday. Pomona Journal of Entomology ano
Zoology, vol. 7. pp. 1-8, plate; 1915.
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to the above interpretation occur in the commonest Eastern
Tricyphona (inconstans O. S.), where veins R2 + 3 are fused
basally with R4 for a short distance (see PI. XII, diagram 6)
and the r-ni cross-vein connects directly with the sector just
before its fork, or just beyond the fork on vein 7?5 ; some
Dicranotae (see diagrams 7 and 10) are quite as in the above.
It seems to me that this is due to the fusion of veins R2 + 3
with R4. Thus in Rhaphidolahis we get forms (nwdcs'a, fig.
8, ruhcsccns, cayuga, etc.) where the cell J?3 is sessile; in
R. major (fig. 9) it is very short-petiolate, an intermediate
condition to that found in R. tenuipcs (fig. 7). Even in the
last named species alone there is considerable variation in the
length of this fusion in a series of specimens. This length of
the petiole of cell R},, i. e., vein R2 + 3+4 (according to the
present interpretation) is one of the most variable features of
venation in the Dicranotae.
This interpretation of the venation would give the Pediciini
a much more generalized venation than the earlier interpreta-
tion, and other features of the adult and larval organization
certainly confirm this belief. All four branches of the radial
sector are present, the first, R2, being fused with Ri for a
varying distance back from the wing-margin. It will be seen
that the Tanydcridac (diagram i), the only crane-flies known
where the full complement of branches of the sector is pres-
ent and attain the wing-margin unfused, lack the radial
cross-vein and this certainly seems to me to be suggestive.
If its anterior branch, R2, is swung slightly cephalad to fuse
with Ri, then we have the apparent radial cross-vein formed.
We must await more evidence before we can finally and accu-
rately interpret the radial field of the wing in all crane-flies
since it is by all means the most plastic field of the wing.
In Dicranota (diagram 10) and Polyangacns alone of this
tribe the true radial cross-vein is present and here is located
far before the tip oi Ri, proximad of the upward deflection
of R2.
The diagrams herein shown (Plate XII) illustrate the fol-
lowing points :
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No. I shows a typical Tanyderine (Protoplasa), the radial field not
unlike the supposed ancestral Pediciine type.
No. 2. Tricyphona protea Alex.; note the long, oblique free
portion of R2, fused with Ri near the margin only (compare these two
branches, Ri and R2, with the corresponding figure i).
No. 3. T. diaphana and allies; including diaphana (Doane),
exoloma (Doane) and frigida Alex.; here the posterior branch of the
sector, R4, and R5 are separate (compare this field of the wing with
the corresponding one in fig. i).
Brunetti (1912) erected the genus Amalopina for a small
species from India that agrees somewhat in venation with this
group of species. Later, Bergroth (1913) was inclined to
admit this name as valid, but included with it the group of
species just discussed. I do not believe that these three Ne-
arctic species belong to the same group as Brunetti's species
which has cell 1st M2 open by the atrophy of m and other
venational differences. Brunetti describes this group as hav-
ing the r-m cross-vein connecting with "the 2nd and 3rd longi-
tudinal veins." By this I suppose he means the 3rd and 4th
longitudinal veins since I know of no crane-fly where the r-m
cross-vein is not connected posteriorly with the median vein
(4th longitudinal). Or, it may be that Brunetti mistook the
basal deflection of R^ for the r-m cross-vein since this sim-
ulates a cross-vein and apparently connects the veins he de-
scribes. If we recognize Brunetti's group Amalopina surely
we must have other names for the many other groups, such as
T. kiiwanai (fig. 3), T. a porta Coq. etc.
No. 4. The common Tricyphona type with the branch R2 short and
simulating a cross-vein and with veins R4 and R5 fused for a varying
distance to form a petiole for cell R4, this fusion being longest in T.
hrc^ifurcaia, hannai and katahdin. The following Nearctic species
come in this group :
T. ampla (Doane), T. auripennis (O. S.), T. calcar (O. S.) and T.
TuHimiialis Alex. T. brciifiircata Alex.; T. hannai Alex. T. apcrta
Coq.; T. degenerata Alex. T. hyperhorca (O. S.). T. glacialis Alex.;
T. vitripennis (Doane). T. septcntrionaUs Bergr. ; T. cerv'ma Alex. T.
vernalis (O. S.), T. katahdin Alex, and T. paludicola Alex.
No. 5. T. kuwanai Alex. (Japan) has the r-m cross-vein connect-
ing directly with the sector and the branches R2-I-3, R4 and R5 all
arising from a single point.
\^ol. xxix] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 205
No. 6. The inconstans type. Often the r-m cross-vein connects di-
rectly with the sector before its fork, as shown ; cell R3 is usually
short-petiolate, reins R2-f3 being fused with R4 for a short distance.
Species included :
Tricyphona inconstans (O. S.), T. constans (Doane).
No. 7. The type of Rhaphidolabis tcnuipcs; the condition of the
radial field not unlike the last. Species included :
R. (Rhaphidolabina) flaveola O. S. R. polymcroidcs Alex. R.
tcnuipes O. S., R. neomexicana Alex.
No. 8. R. modesta types ; cell R3 sessile. Species included :
R. (Plectromyia) modesta O. S. R. sessilis Alex. R. ruhescens
Alex. ; R. cayiiga Alex.
No. 9. R. major Alex. ; cell R3 very short-petiolate.
No. 10. Dicranota pallida type; radial field of the type of No. 7
but the true radial cross-vein present. Species included :
D. pallida Alex. D. argcntea Doane; D. noveboracensis Alex. D.
rivularis O. S. ; D. euccra O. S. Polyangaeus maculatiis Doane.
If the above interpretation of a backward fusion of Ri
with R2 is the correct one, as certainly appears from the data
now available, it is the first case of such a fusion in the Tipu-
lidae, the apparent fusion in the Cylindrotominae being no fu-
sion at all but an atrophy of the tips of veins Ri and of R2,
so that the remaining vein, i?3, simulates a long fusion of Ri +
2 + 3 back from the wing-margin.
The early Stages of Corythucha pergandei Heid.
(Hem., Horn.).
By Harry B. Weiss and Edgar L. Dickerson,* Tsiew Bruns-
wick, New Jersey.
This species is rather widely distributed in New Jersey,
having been found by the writers on alder (Alnits glntinosa)
at Trenton. Morris Plains, Lakehurst, Jamesburg and Plain-
held and in nurseries on birch iBetnla nigra, B. lulea, B. popu-
lifolia) at Spring-field. Elizabeth and Princeton. White birch
{B. alba) was examined at numerous localities with negative
results. In Smith's List of the Insects of New Jersey it is
further recorded from Roselle Park by Barber and from
* The arrangement of the authors' names has no significance and in-
dicates neither seniority nor precedence.
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Lakehurst by Torre Bueno. This list also includes a Staten
Island record by Davis. Miss Patch, in Bull. 134 of the Maine
Agric. Exp. Sta., records it as occurring on willow and alder
between Bangor and Orono, Maine, and it also occurs in Ohio,
according" to Osborn and Drake, in Bull. 8 of the Ohio Biol.
Survey. Heidemann, in the Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vol. viii,
Nos. 1-2, cites records from Pennsylvania. District of Colum-
bia, Virginia, Massachusetts, Illinois and Kansas and states
that the National Museum contains specimens labeled as found
on elm, crab apple and hazel. Van Duzee in his check list of
the Hemiptera of America North of Mexico gives the general
distribution as Eastern States and Canada.
It was described by Heidemann in Vol. viii, Nos. 1-2, of the
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., in which brief mention is also made of
the larval forms and eggs. The adult overwinters, having
been found by Barber while sitting under alder during Novem-
ber. Heidemann states "under fallen leaves and in crevices of
the bark." In New Jersey the insects appear during the latter
part of May or first of June, according to the weather, and
eggs are deposited on the under sides of the leaves in the
pubescent tissue found in the axils formed by the main rib
and its side branches. From one to five eggs were found
in each axil, each egg usually being inserted at right angles
to the leaf surface and all being completely hidden. Eggs
were found similarly placed in the leaves of birch. Heide-
mann records finding the eggs on black alder (probably AJ-
)i!!s vulgaris). Considerable feeding takes place during egg
deposition. The nymphs after hatching feed in colonies
on the under sides of the leaves causing a discoloration of the
upper surfaces, which, however, is not as pronounced on alder
as the discoloration following the feeding of other species
on other plants. On birch, however, the eflects of the feed-
ing were much more evident.
By the middle of July adults of the first brood are present
and copulation takes place followed by egg-laying during the
last of this month. From five to six weeks are required for
a complete life cycle and during the last of August or first of
Vol. Xxix] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 20/
September, adults of a second brood appear and later go into
hibernation. On account of the extended oviposition period,
it is possible at times to find all nymphal stages feeding to-
gether. Colonies of early stage nymphs move around very
little. Colonies of fourth and fifth stage nymphs move around
more than the younger ones, probably because |he leaf tissue
at one spot is more quickly exhausted by the larger nymphs.
Egg. Length 0.5 mm., greatest width o.ii mm. Shape elliptical,
broadest one-fourth from basal end. Base rounded forming an ob-
tuse angle. Viewed from side one surface is slightly concave, the
other side gradually rounded. Tip about one-half width of egg at
basal fourth, with a conical cap, just below which is a constriction.
Subtranslucent except for apical half, which is brown.
1st Stage Nymph. Length 0.51 mm., greatest width exclusive of
spines 0.16 mm. General shape elliptical, sides marginate. General
color of dorsal surface brown. Fine median dorsal line on head and
prothorax broadening out into a spot covering most of the dorsal
surface of the meso- and metathorax and first two abdominal seg-
ments. Posterior abdominal segments lighter at lateral margins. Pro-
and mesothorax and each abdominal segment beginning with the sec-
ond bears a spine on lateral margin. A pair of spines on vertex of
head, a pair on front and a double pair on either side of a median
line on top of head. A median pair on dorsum of mesothorax and on
second abdominal segment. Four median spines in a transverse row
arising from tubercles on fifth, sixth and eighth abdominal segments.
Each spine tipped with a secreting hair. Eyes red, not prominent.
Antennae white, one-third length of body bearing several compara-
tively long hairs. Rostrum white, one-half length of body, extending
beyond third pair of legs. Legs white, tinged with brown at apical
ends of femora.
2nd Stage Nymph. Length 0.70 mm., greatest width exclusive of
spines 0.3 mm. Shape broadly elliptical, head brown. Light median
dorsal streak beginning on head and extending into prothorax. Outer
thirds of thorax brown, median third white beginning with posterior
half of prothorax. This light median band extends through the first and
second abdominal segments, which are also lighter at sides. Remainder
of abdomen light brown, somewhat lighter at median posterior por-
tion. Spines on head similar to those of preceding stage, save that
the pair anterior to posterior margin of head rest on tubercles which
also bear a few hairs. Spines on lateral margins of segments similar
to those of preceding stage but more pronounced. A pair of tuber-
cles on dorsal surface of mesothorax and fifth, sixth and eighth ab-
dominal segments each bearing a spine and a few hairs. A pair of
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spines on dorsal surface of second abdominal segment. Eyes not
prominent, consisting of four distinct, red ommatidia. Antennae, one-
fourth of length of body. Legs and rostrum similar to those of pre-
ceding stage.
2rd Stage A'yiuph. Length 0.88 mm., greatest width exclusive of
spines 0.43 mm. Shape oval, somewhat pointed at both ends. Slightly
narrow at anterior end. General color brown. Fine median line on
dorsal surface of head and prothorax widening on meso- and meta-
thorax and extending across the first three abdominal segments. Light
median dorsal spot on 7th and 8th abdominal segments. Spines on
lateral margins of segments similar to those of preceding stages save
those on pro- and mesothorax which rest on tubercles bearing two or
three smaller spines. Spines on remainder of dorsum similar to those
of preceding stage, but more pronounced. Antennae slightly longer
than those of preceding stage. Eyes, legs, rostrum similar to those
of preceding stage.
4th Stage Nymph. Length 1.2 mm., greatest width exclusive of
tubercles 0.67 mm. Shape oval, sides distinctly marginate. Brownish
markings on dorsal surface variable. Lateral and posterior margins
of head brown, dorsal surface light at centre. Prothorax brown on
either side of centre, lobes light. Median portion of mesothorax
light, lobes dark. Metathorax, first, second and third abdominal seg-
ments all light in some specimens and a brown band on either side of
centre in others. Remaining abdominal segments brown, save for
lateral margins and median posterior portion of abdomen which are
light. Head bears a pair of separated spines on front, a pair to-
gether on vertex, a pair of separated tubercles bearing several spines
and hairs on top anterior to posterior margin. Prothorax lobed at
sides bearing a pair of spines on outer angle of lobe and two anterior
to these. Mesothoracic lobes bearing a pair of spines at outer angle
and a single one anterior to it. Spines on lateral margins of abdomen
beginning with the second segment. Beginning with the fourth ab-
dominal segment each lateral spine has an additional smaller spine
ventral to it. Tubercles and spines on abdomen somewhat similar to
those of preceding stage. Dorsal surface of lateral margin of each
segment bears a brown hair. Eyes reddish. Antennae white, one-
third length of body. Legs similar to those of preceding stage, ex-
cept that outer extremities of tibiae and tarsi are tinged with brown.
Rostrum extending to bases of third pair of legs.
Sth Stage Nymph. Length 1.6 mm., greatest width exclusive of
tubercles 0.92 mm. Shape broadly oval. Posterior extremity of ab-
domen forms an obtuse angle. Head light, tinged with brown. Pro-
thorax with a brown band either side of centre, lobes light. Meso-
thorax light at centre, anterior portion and apex of lobes brown.
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Metathorax, ist, 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments light. Remaining
abdominal segments brown, save for margins and dorsal spines which
are white. A pair of separated spines on front of head, a pair with
united base on vertex. Tubercles on dorsal surface of head near
lateral margins prominent, separated, each bearing three spines and
Coryiliucha pergandei, Heid.,5th stage nymph and adult (after Heideniami).
two hairs. Prothoracic lobes with tubercles at outer angles, each
bearing four spines and a hair. Anterior to these tubercles are two
large spines with a smaller spine between them and one on either side.
Wing-pads of mesothorax with tubercle on lateral margin, this tubercle
bearing four spines and a hair; anterior to it are two smaller and two
larger spines. Lateral margin of each abdominal segment beginning
with the second bears a tubercle with three spines and a hair. .A.
pair of small median spines on prothorax, a pair of smaller ones on
mesothorax posterior to these. A pair of median tubercles on pos-
terior margin of prothorax, each tubercle bearing two spines and two
hairs. A pair of separated median spines on 2nd, 5th and 8th ab-
dominal segments. Two or three hairs anterior to these spines on
5th, 6th and 8th abdominal segments. Eyes reddish. Antennae, one-
third length of body, light, tinged with brown, bearing several long
hairs. Legs, light; tip of tibia and tarsus tinged with brown. Rostrum
reaching bases of third pair of legs.
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Old and New Species of Lopidea from the United
States (Hemip., Miridae).*
By Harry H. Knight, Ithaca. New York.
(Plate XIII.)
Lopidea media (Say). Heterop. Heinip. X. Amer., p. 22, 1331.
(Plate XIII, fig. 1.).
The various workers on Hemiptera have generally agreed
on the species that represents Say's media, type of the genus
Lopidea. there being only one form east of the Mississippi
that will fit the original description. Farther west, however,
beginning with Colorado, and Texas to the southwest, media
overlaps with two species, lepidii and intermedia, forms which
could never be distinguished with certainty except by the gen-
ital characters. The writer has figured the male genital clasp-
ers (PI. XIII, fig. i) of a specimen from Missouri which is
the same as the generally accepted media Say. Males of this
species have been examined coming from several States, rang-
ing from Maine to Colorado with two specimens from farther
west.
The writer found media breeding on Solidago rugosa at
Four Mile, New York, in company with Ilnacora malina
Uhler, but judging from the distribution of the species, he is
of the opinion that it breeds on other plants also.
Records: $9, Aug. i6, Ashland Junction, Maine, $9, July 3,
Hanover, New Hampshire (C. W. Johnson). $ 9. July 13, Svvamp-
scott, Massachusetts (H. M. Parshley). $9, July 4. Four Mile.
$9, July 12, Batavia (H. H. Knight); ^9. July 3, White Plains
(Torre Bueno) ; $9, July, Staten Island C^Vm. T. Davis), Xew
York). $, July 2, Jamesburg, New Jersey, (W. T. Davis). $,
June 17, Brightwood, District of Columbia; 9. Aug. 7. 1907,
Hyattsville. Maryland (O. Heidemann). $9. May 30 to June 23.
Plummer's Island, $9, June 4-15, Beltsvill'^, Maryland; $9, June
6. Mount Vernon, $ 9, June 23, Glen Carlyn, Virginia (W. L. Mc-
Atee). S, Ames. Iowa. 5 5. Jul> i5, Springfield, Missouri
(H. H. Knight). $, Aug. 15, Bozeman. Montana. ,^9, June
26. July 17, Fort Collins, Colorado. S, July 3, 1891, Ogden. Utah.
Lopidea intermedia new species. (PI. XIII, fig. 11).
Similar in coloration to media and lepidii, to which species
* Contribution from the Department of Entomology of Cornell Uni-
versity.
\'ol. Xxixl ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 211
it is very closely related ; differs in being shorter and more
compact and in the structure of the male genital claspers.
$. Length 4.9 mm., width 1.7 mm. Bright red with fuscous and
hlackish as exhibited in media, shorter and more compact, the an-
tennae shorter also; second antennal segment linear, in length (1.31
mm.) less than the width of the pronotum (1.48 mm.) at the base.
$ . Similar to the male in size and coloration.
This species was found breeding on a purple flowering weed
that grew in clumps along the small stream that flows by He-
lotes. Few adults were out at the time of collecting, but the
nymphs were found rather plentiful.
Holotypc: $ , July i. 1917, Helotes. Bexar Co.. Texas (H.
H. Knight) ; Cornell University Collection.
Allotype : Taken with the type.
Paratypcs: 4 ^ , 5 9 . taken with the types.
Lopidea robiniae (Uhler). Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., 1:24, IS'll.
(PI. XIII, fig. 2).
This is a common and well-known species in the Eastern
States, breeding on locust (Robiuia pseud n-acacia) from which
its name is taken. The writer has examined specimens from
Georgia, North Carolina, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania,
New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
This species has in the past frequently been confused with
coiifl'.tois and even Uhler was willing to place his robiniae as
a variety of media Say (Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 19: 406,
1878). The species is easily distinguished by the male genital
claspers (PI. XIII, fig. 2) which are very characteristic; the
number of teeth on the basal part of the right clasper and
fine spines at the tip of the curved part may vary slightly in
number but the general form of the clasper is distinctive.
Lopidea confluens (Say). Heterop. Hemip. N. Amer., p. 2:5, 1831.
(PI. XIII, fig. 3).
This species is slightly more ovate and robust than robiniae,
is freciuently very similar in coloration but usually more orange
or reddisli. It has frequently been labeled robiniae in collec-
tions and the only certain way of determining the yellow forms
is bv examining the male genital claspers.
212 ENTOMOLOGICAI, NEWS. fjune, 'l8
The writer found confluens breeding on Polymnia uvcdalia
in Missouri and the species doubtless Hves also on P. cana-
densis. There appears to be little doubt but that the species
here figured is the form described by Say. since this is the only
common form in the Middle States, and the only one from
Missouri that will fit the original description.
Records: 2$, July 29-30, $, Aug. 13, Batavia, New York (H.
H. Knight). 5 5. Aug. 28, Honesdale, Penn. (C. E. Olsen). 5$,
July 19 to Sept. 5, Plummer's Island, Maryland (W. L. McAtee).
5$, Aug. II, Springfield, Ohio (W. S. Adkins). 2$, 5$, June 10,
Flatwood, Alabama; 42^$, July 15-18, Springfield, Missouri (H. H.
Knight).
Lopidea sayi new species. (PI. XIII, fig. 5).
$. Length 6.1 mm., width 2.1 mm. Slightly smaller than staphylcac
but very similar in coloration, the antennae being more nearly linear ;
bright yellow to light orange, the scutellum and more or less on each
side of the com.missure, fuscous ; base of the head and each side of
the median line of the front, tylus. rostrum, antennae, membrane,
femora and tibiae, black. Sternum and sometimes part of the venter,
fuscous ; genital claspers distinctive of the species.
5 . Very similar to the male but with more fuscous and less orange
in the yellow.
Holotype: S, June 6, 1917, Brown's Ferry on Savannah
River, South Carolina (H. H. Knight) ; Cornell University
Collection.
Allotype : Taken with the type.
Paratypes: $, taken with the types. $, June 15, 1902,
Plummer's Island, Marj'land (O. Heidemann).
Lopidea caesar (Renter). Caps. Amer. Bor., p. 67, 1876. (PI.
XIII. fig. 4).
This species was described by Renter (1876) under the new
generic name, Lomatopleura, with the type locality given as
Pennsylvania. It was later found that Uhler's Lopidea (1872)
was very similar to Lomatopleura and the only points of dif-
ference between the type species that could be fixed upon in
classification was in the linear and incrassate form of the an-
tennae. The writer has shown in a previous paper that the
thickness of the antennae varies in the different species, and
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that the incrassate form cannot be taken as a basis for generic
distinction. Reuter (1909, Bemerk. u. neark. Caps., p. 'J2)
refers to cacsar, having before him a male specimen from
Texas sent by Mr. Heidemann, and a female specimen which
may or may not have been caesar (1876). In the same note
the author remarks that the second antennal segment of the
male is "thinner" than in the female, again showing that he
had two species under consideration. The male considered
above, being the same as major n. sp. from Texas, does have
more slender antennae than either caesar or re uteri. The
writer finds that the sexes of a given species of Lopidea do
not differ in the antennal characters.
The writer has seen the more important collections of Miri-
dae from the United States and, after a careful survey of the
Lopidea material, he feels quite safe in saying that if the type
of Lomatopleitra caesar came from Pennsylvania, as stated in
the original description, then it can be only one of two species,
that which the writer figures as caesar (PI. XIII, fig. 4) or
the species re uteri. These two species are indeed very similar
in general appearance, having prominent incrassate antennae,
and are the only forms coming from Pennsylvania that could
be taken for caesar. Reuter ( 1909) determined at least two
species as cacsar and it is not to be wondered at when one sees
how closely together certain species run, the only apparent
difference being found in the male genitalia. After a careful
study of considerable material with reference to the color
characters and distribution of the species, the writer has fig-
ured what he believes must be caesar Reuter (1876).
Lopidea minor new species. (PI. XIII, fig. 6).
Smaller and more reddish than uigridca but larger than
minima.
$. Length 4.5 mm., width 1.6 mm. Fuscous, the exterior half of
the corium, the cuneus, sides of the body and head, reddish, the em-
boh'um paler; prominent dark brownish pubescence; genital claspers
distinctive of the species, showing a close relationship to davisi which
species is much larger.
Holotype : S , "Colorado" ; Cornell University Collection.
214 EXTO^^OLOGICAT. NEW?. [ June. 'i8
Paratypcs: $, topotypic; $, Dickinson, Xorth Dakota (H.
Osborn).
This species stood in the Cornell Collection as Lop idea
nigridca, being received in an exchange lot from C. F. Baker
in i8q6. It differs from niqridea in its small size, coloration.
and genital claspers.
Lopidea picta new species. (PI. XIII. fig. 1^.
Dark fuscous with black and white, differing from most
species of Lopidea in the absence of any reddish coloration.
$. Length 5.5 mm., width 1.78 mm. Dark fuscous, calli, base of the
head, tylus and each side of the median Hne of the front, rostrum
and antennae, black; anterior part of the pronotum and the head
ivory white, excluding the parts given as black; scutellum except the
margins, embolium and cuneus, pale. Side of the pronotum, pleurae
and venter, white; sternum, sutures of the pleurae and marks on the
sides of the venter and genital segment, fuscous. Legs fuscous to
black, coxae except base, lower edge of the femora and apices, pale.
Second antennal segment nearly linear. Genital claspers distinctive
of the species.
9 . Very similar to the male in coloration, certain forms shorter
and more robust with membrane abbreviated.
Holotype: S. June 15. 19a). Pueblo. Colorado (E. D.
Ball) ; Cornell University Collection.
Allotype : topotypic.
Paratypes: 4^,2 $ , topotypic; (J , 3 9 , July 24. 1900. Sal-
ida, Colorado.
Lopidea incurva new species. (PI. XIII, fig. 8).
Slightly larger than minor and smaller than dazisi. reddish
with the fuscous on the dorsum much as in minor; male genital
claspers distinctive of the species.
$. Length 5 mm., width 1.6 mm. Second antennal segment slightly
thicker at the middle and tapering toward base and apex. Dorsum
fuscous with only the exterior margins of the corium, pronotum and
cuneus, reddish ; membrane, antennae, eyes, rostnmi and most of the
face, fuscous. Legs pale fuscous, coxae and basal half of the femora
pale to yellowish and pink, tarsi fuscous to black.
Holotype: $, July 17, Langdon, Missouri; Cornell Uni-
versity Collection.
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AUoiypc: July 17, 1892, Galesburg, Illinois (Heidemann
collection.)
Faratypc: $, same data as the allotype.
Lopidea major new species. (PI. XIII, fig. 9).
Very large, slightly more robust than either cacsar or
reutcri, carmine red and only narrowly fuscous along the
commissure ; male genital claspers distinctive of the species.
$ . Length 7.3 mm., width 2.57 mm. Second antennal segment
scarcely incrassated, tapering slightly from near the base toward the
apex. Carmine red, the scutellum lightly infuscated and very narrowly
along the commissure of the hemelytra ; calli, antennae, rostrum, head
excepting the juga and bordering the eyes, legs, sternum, genital
segment, and membrane, dark fuscous to black.
5 . Length 7.5 mm., width 2.74 mm. ; slightly more robust but very
similar to the male in coloration.
Holotypc: $, May 5, 1896, San Antonio, Texas (Marlatt) ;
Cornell University Collection.
Allotype : topotypic.
Paratypcs: S 6 2 , topotypic.
This is the same species and some of the same material
that Renter (1909) had before him and took to be cacsar
when he stated : "the structure of the male genitalia is very
characteristic, the tip of the left (sinistra) forcep being
divided into three rather short prongs of equal length, and in
addition is armed with a strong tooth nearer the base." It is
to be noted that he should have said right clasper instead of
left (sinistra) ; also the female that had "thicker" antennae
was a different species, and possibly cacsar. The material was
sent to Renter for determination by Mr. Heidemann when
that worker was preparing his paper "Bemerkungen uber
nearktische Capsiden nebst Beschreibung nevier Arten."
Lopidea texana new species. (PI. XIII, fig. 10).
Very similar to major in size and general structure, but in
color more orange red than carmine ; male genital claspers
distinctive of the species.
$ . Length 7.3 mm., width 2.45 mm. To he distinguished from
major with certainty only by the male genital claspers, these struc-
tures showing a close relationship between the species.
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$. Length 7.5 mm., width 2.7 mm. Very similar to the male; the
more yellowish or orange red coloration serves to distinguish the
females from those of major in the small series studied.
Holotypc: $, Austin, Texas (C. T. Brues) ; Cornell Uni-
versity Collection.
Allotype : topotypic.
Paratypes: 5 9 , topotypic; 9 , May, 1896, Texas (]\Iarlatt).
Explanation of Plate XIII.
Male genital claspers of Lopidea.
A. left clasper, dorsal aspect. B. right clasper, dorsal aspect. C.
right clasper, posterior aspect. D. left clasper, posterior aspect. E.
right clasper, internal lateral aspect. F. right clasper, external lateral
aspect.
The Larval Stages of Argyra albicans Lw. (Diptera,
Dolichopodidae).
By Werner Marchand, Princeton. New Jersey.
(From the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Department
of Animal Pathology).
While collecting Tabanid larvae by sifting the mud of the
edge of a pond, some unknown dipterous larvae were found,
which, it was thought at first, might be those of Chrysops.
However, when bred, they gave flies of the family Dolichopo-
didae. For the determination of the flies I am indebted to
Mr. E. T. Cresson, Jr., in Philadelphia, who identified them
as Argyra albicans Loew. The species has been recorded for
Princeton in Smith's "Insects of New Jersey."
In the present condition of entomological literature it is
practically impossible for anyone who makes occasional ob-
servations on a subject, not directly falling within one's own
field of research, to ascertain whether such observ^ations are
new or not. I publish the following fragmentary notes on the
flies in question, in the hope of a future closer co-operation
between students of Dipterous life-histories.*
* According to Malloch's recent paper (1917) a great majority of
Dolichopodid larvae are aquatic. Malloch makes no mention of the
genus Argyra, but points out the meagerness of our knowledge on
early stages of this family.
Ent. News Vol. XXIX.
Plate XIII.
OLD AND NEW LOPIDEAE FROM THE UNITED STATES.-knight.
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Larval stages of a considerable number of, chiefly Euro-
pean, Dolichopodid species, as enumerated by Fr. Brauer
(1883). 3.re known; the majority appear to be terrestrial in
habit, being found in damp soil, under decaying leaves, in rot-
ten wood, etc. The larva of a species of Argyra (A. vcstita
Wiedemann) has been described by Th. IJeling in 1882, who
found them in the sandy mud of a small brook, the limicolous
habit apparently being characteristic for the genus.
The larvae of Argyra albicans were much less active than
Tabanid larvae ; they do not float at the surface as do the
larvae of Tabanits lineola, which were found in the same lo-
calities, and can apparently stay much longer under water
than these. They were taken as early as March 24 (4 speci-
mens) and April i (one specimen), at the edge of a small
pond on the premises of Princeton University, and were kept
in a jelly-glass with some wet sand and plant-debris. Two
of them, which were seen climbing out of the jar, were
transferred on April 7 into a crystallizing-dish with some wet
mud, and burrowed into it immediately. On April ly two
oblong cocoons were discovered in' the mud, one of which was
opened and contained a freshly-formed pupa, bearing two
long, horn-like breathing tubes at the anterior end. The pupae
were kept in a damp atmosphere, in the crystallizing dish,
having a glass cover. On April 20 the eyes had turned yel-
lowish brown, on April 21 dark-brown; on April 22 all parts
had become black except the abdomen, which was pale with
black hairs visible through the cuticle, and the respiratory
tubes, which also were pale. On April 23 at 1.30 p. m. two
female imagos of the fly were found. The duration of the
pupal period, consequently, was six days. The cocoon of the
one specimen which had been left undisturbed was found to
have opened by means of a circularly-cut cover, the pupal shell
protruding from the opening in its entire length (fig. id).
Of the two flies one was killed, the other one kept alive in a
test tvibe with a piece of apple rind, but had died on the fol-
lowing morning.
Description ;
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[June, 'i8
Larva. (Fig. i a). 6-9 mm. in length, i mm. in diameter, 12-seg-
mented, elongate-cylindrical, narrowed anteriorly, the first segment
being small, the second and third larger, the following segments of
about equal length, nth and 12th segments slightly enlarged. Head
small, two chitinous rods supporting the mandibles extending into the
third segment, head and these rods brownish-black. Remaining body
semi-transparently yellowish-white. Respiration metapneustic, two
slender tracheal trunks extending all along the body, giving off
branches to each segment, their openings near together in a groove
at the dorsal side of the 12th segment; two shorter tracheae, which
extend through segments 11 and 12, likewise opening into this groove.
Dorsally, on the 12th segment, on both sides of the respiratory
groove, two triangular lobes formed by the integument ; two similar
lobes placed somewhat behind the latter and lower on the same segment.
On the anterior border of segments 3-8 a narrow row of minute
Figure i. Early stages of Argyra albicans Lw. a. Iwrva ; b pupa, ventral view
c, pupa, lateral view; d, earthen cocoon with empty pupal shell projecting from it.
spines. Similar rows of minute spines on ventral side. Otherwise
the cuticle smooth, glassy, shining, not striated. Edges of segments
5-10 somewhat prominent, reminding of vestigial prolegs.
Pupa. (Fig. I b and c). 3-3.5 mm. in length (with breathing-tubes
4 mm.). Length of the breathing-tubes i mm. Dorsoventral diame-
ter of thorax 1.5 tnm. Conical; thorax considerably thicker than ab-
domen, the latter narrowing down towards the tip. Head large, two
black tubercles at the front, placed narrowly together, two small ones
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in front of these; a bristle on each side of this tubercle; two dark
narrow lines extending from here downwards to the face. Above the
region of the mouthparts two appressed bristles slightly converging
with their tips. On anterior edge of prothorax two slender respira-
tory tubes of equal length, projecting beyond the head, flattened and
pale at base, pointed and shining black at the tip. General color of
fresh pupa white, head more yellowish. Abdomen g-segmented, white.
on dorsal side reddish. Dorsally on each abdominal segment near
its posterior border, a transverse row of very small, short, brownish
spines. Lateral abdominal spiracles present but not very distinct. The
spiracular areas with minute punctuation. On the ventral side of
8th abdominal segment a fleshy prominence corresponding to the
larval anus. Last segment (of female pupa) short, with low wart-
like prominences. Wing-cases rounded, smooth ; leg-cases free, con-
siderably longer than wing-cases. Pupation in the mud, in oval-shaped,
earthen cocoon, 5 mm. in length, with smooth inner walls.
I notice that Beling, in his description of the larva of Argyra
vcstita, mentions not four but five integumental lobes on the
1 2th segment, counting three upper ones, the middle one of
these, however, often being much smaller than the two lateral
ones.
In the pupa of Argyra vcstita Beling mentions on the front
four, short stiff bristles ; he did not observe the cocoon formed
for pupation.
The habit of opening the pupal cocoon by means of a ''cyc-
lorrhaphous" cover, is of some interest and may throw light
on the evolution of cyclorrhaphous from orthorrhaphous Dip-
tera. While, as seen in this case, some orthorrhaphous Dip-
tcra form cocoons, which they open after the fashion de-
scribed, it is quite possible that in cases where pupation takes
place within the larval skin, the instinct to detach the cover
from a surrounding cocoon is transferred to the larval skin
surrounding the pupa, and as this closely adheres to the pupal
surface, the pupa opens it by the same means. If this is so,
then all flies which became cyclorrhaphous originally made
cocoons, a habit which would serve to explain the barrel-like
shape of the puparia and also, to some extent, the fact that
the last larval skin is not shed ; in some cases the skin may
adhere to the inner side of the cocoon, especially if the latter
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is made of hardened earth or clay, and the final molt may
become mechanically dependent on this factor and impossible
without it. In a later stage, when the insects have adapted
themselves to a new environment, no cocoon is formed, but
pupation takes place as if there were a cocoon surrounding
the pupating larva; the larval skin cannot be successfully shed,
and the result is a puparium, but the latter, consisting of both
larval and pupal skin, is opened after the fashion of a cocoon.
Literature.
Brauer, F., 1883. Die Zweifluegler cles K. K. Hofmuseums zu Wien,
Denkschriften der Wiener Akademie der Wissenchaften.
Berling, Th., 1882. Beitrag zur Metamorphose zweifluegeliger Insek-
ten. Archiv fuer Naturgeschichte, Jahrg. 48, Heft 2. pp. 225-
226.
Malloch, John R., 1917. A Preliminary Classification of Diptera,
Exclusive of Pupipara, Based upon larval and pupal character:-,
with keys to imagines in certain families. Part I., Bull. 111.. Lab.
of Nat. Hist., Vol. XH, Article HL PP- 403-407 (Dolichopodidae).
March.
Psyllidae of the vicinity of Washington, D. C, with
description of a New Species of Aphalara (Horn.)
By W. L. McAtee, Washington, D. C.
The list of species herein presented comprises the psyllids
recorded from the District of Columbia region in the papers
cited in the bibliography plus those obtained by the writer
and other collectors whose names are mentioned in connection
with their captures. The list totals 23 species, and may be
compared with those for the vicinity of Ames, lowa.^ 15 spe-
cies, of which 4 were described as new ; for New Jersey,*
18 species, of which one is cited merely as n. sp. and 3 are
recorded on hypothetical grounds ; and for Colorado, 18 spe-
cies, 14 of them, cited under manuscript names. ^
Of the 23 species here listed 5 were originally described
from material obtained wholly or in part from the vicinity of
iMall}', C. W. Proc. Iowa Ac. Sci. 1894 (1895), pp. 152-171.
2Smith, J. B. Rep. N. J. State Mus. 1909 (1910) pp. 108-110.
^Gillette, C. P. and Baker, C. F. Bui. 31, Colo. Agr. Exp. Sta., 1895,
pp. 113-115-
Vol. xxix] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 221
Washington. For the benefit of those interested in the fauna
of Phunmers Island, Maryland, it may be said that lo of the
species have been collected on the island and 3 others nearby.
Livia Latreille.
L. maculipennis Fitch. — Obtained by sweeping in marshy situations
in May and June and by beating pine foliage January to June, also
in October. Abundant.
L. marginata Patch. — The only specimens seen were collected at
Falls Church, Virginia, July 24, by Nathan Ranks. These were
living in tufts of sedge, the upper leaves of which were entirely
etiolated.
L. vernalis Fitch. — Swept in marshy places in Alay and beaten
from pine from January to September ; has been taken also in
October. Abundant.
Aphalara Forster.
A. calthae Linnaeus. — .\ very abundant species: propagates here
apparently exclusively upon Polygonum, commonly on P. lapathi-
folium. Has been collected on the food plant from June to Oc-
tober and upon pine from. January to April.
A. eas new species. (Text figs.)
Named in honor of Mr. E. A. Schwarz, who has done much
careful study of Psyllidae, and published some excellent pa-
pers on the family.
A species of Aphalara, recognizable at a glance by its
chunky appearance, and broad milky fore wings with some
of the veins darkened distally. This species belongs to the
section of Aphalara that has the clypeus rounded truncate and
projecting but little beyond plane of face, and from compari-
son with descriptions in Crawford's monograph and with speci-
mens in the U. S. National Museum appears to be undescribed.
Length of body, 1.74 to 2.31 mm.; of
wing, 2.24 to 2.64 mm. Width of head, .69
to .76 mm. ; of thorax. .82 to i mm.
(leneral color of the body yellowish-
green to yellow-brown, with following
brown to blackish markings: last 2-3 joints
of antenna, underside basal two joints : im-
pressions of vertex and pronotum ; a divid-
ed semicircular spot on front of praescu-
tum : 4 vittae on scutum, those of inner
Aphalara eas rt.sxy. Upper pair curved and pointed anteriorly: distal
figure, forewiiig. Lower figure, .,.,., , ^ i--i i.r
male genitalia ends of tibial and tarsal jomts; most of
222 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. fjune, 'l8
the thoracic sutures; ventral segments largely; and tips of geni-
talia.
Fore wings milky hyaline, veins thick ; veins near apical margin and
especially those bounding marginal cells, dark and bordered by nar-
row brownish clouds.
Male forceps almost boot-shaped in profile, the "toe" directed pos-
teriorly. Whole genitalia of about the same shape as in A. picta
Zett.
Type male and allotype (in my collection) from Plummers
Island, Maryland, May i, 1914, W. L. McAtee. Paratypes
include specimens from Plimimers Island, April 23, 1916, L.
O. Jackson; Maryland near Plummers Island, April 28, 191 5;
May 9, 1913; May 18, 1913, W. L. McAtee, and Great Falls,
Maryland, May 6, H. S. Barber. Five specimens with the last
data are in the National Museum Collection.
My specimens were obtained by sweeping low vegetation,
the particular food plant unfortunately not being determined.
A. picta Zetterstedt. — Specimens labelled Washington, D. C, are
dated from May ig to October 15, and simply Virginia, from May
23 to September 7. Other specimens have been taken at Belts-
ville, Maryland, June 15, 1913, Mount Vernon, Virginia, June 6,
1915, McAtee; and Dyke, Virginia, May 28, 1915, L. O. Jackson.
. Specimens in the National Museum collection bearing the cabinet
name A. asteris Riley belong to this species.
A. veaziei Patch. — Abundant; extreme dates of collection May 11
to September 23. A cabinet name A. solidaginis Riley indicates
a food plant, though probably not the sole one. The species has
been beaten from pine in June. In general appearance this spe-
cies and the last seem almost to grade into each other, but the
male genitalia are distinct. The form A. vcadci mctr:aria Craw-
ford apparently has not been taken about Washington, but I have
swept it from salt marshes at Wallops Island, Virginia, (May
25, 1913)-
Calophya Loew.
C. flavida Schwarz. — ^Originally described from District of Colum-
bia material. Occurs only upon Rhus glabra where it has been
collected from May i to August 4. Usually rather scarce.
C. nigripennis Rile}'. — Abundant on Rhus copallina, May 4 to June
29. Mr. E. A. Schwarz says : *"Our eastern species hibernate as
full grown larvae or pupae on the stems of their food plants and
there is but one generation each year."
* Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 6, 1904, p. 240.
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Trioza Forster.
T. aylmeriae Patch. — Alt. Vernon, Virginia. February 28, L. O.
Jackson; and March 21, 1915, ^cAtee.
T, diospyri Ashmead. — Abundant on persimmon (Diopyros x'tr-
giniana) ; March 26 to August 14.
T. obtusa Patch. — Washington, D. C, April 6 and 27, 1885; Mary-
land, February 22, 1884, A. Koebele ; Dead Run, Virginia, in
flowers of Amelanchier, April 23, 1916, L. O. Jackson. Cabinet
name, T. amelanchieris Riley.
T. salicis Mally. — Common on willow from June to August,
though nymphs have been collected as late as October ; found on
pine foliage from November to April.
T. tripunctata Fitch. — Probably the most abundant species of
Psyllid in this region. Plants of the genus Ritbiis are said to be
the true hosts, but it would seem hardly enough specimens are seen
upon Ruhus (May-July) to account for the great abundance of
the species on pine (October-June).
Neotriozella Crawford.
N. immaculata Crawford. — \\'ashington, D. C, October, 1883, E.
A. Schwarz ; Mt. Rainier, Maryland, November 14, 1915, L. O.
Jackson; Eastern Branch, near Bennings, D. C, on Pinus vir-
giniana, December 30, 1915, McAtee.
Hemitrioza Crawford.
H. sonchi Crawford. — Washington, D. C, June 13, 19, 22, 26;
Virginia, October 9, 1881, E. A. Schwarz; Four-mile Run, Vir-
ginia, June 29, 1913, A. Wetmore. All of this material except last
lot, was used in connection with the original description of the
species (and genus).
Pachypsylla Riley.
P. celtidis-gemma Riley. — Common on hackberry, May 8 to June 7.
P. celtidis-mamma Riley. — Not very common; found on hackberry
May 13 to August 15, and on red cedar (Juni[>crus z'irgitiiaiia)
and other conifers from October to February. Specimens labelled
P. c.-miunta seem, to be only small individuals of this species.
P. venusta Osten Sacken. — Department of .A.griculture grounds,
Washington, D. C, September, 1892. Miss M. Sullivan. Originally
described from Washington, D. C.
Psyllopsis Loew.
P. fraxinicola Forster. — Washington, D. C, May 18 to August 10,
Hubbard and Schwarz.
Psylla Geofifroy.
P. annulata Fitch.— Beltsville. Maryland, May 28. 1910; August 14,
1914, McAtee.
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P. carpinicola Crawford.- Common on Carpiuus caroUniana, May 15
to October 11.
P. cephalica Crawford. — Washington. D. C, July 1, August IT,
E. A. Schwarz.
Bibliography.
Crawford, D. L. — 1914. A monograph of the jumping plant-lice or
Psyllidae of the Xew World. Bui. 85, U. S. Nat. Mus.. 186 pp..
541 figs. [Records 15 species from the District of Columbia.
Among them Hcmitrioza sonchi, new genus and species and
Psylla cephalica new species are described from District ma-
terial in part.]
McAtee, W. L. — 191 5. Psyllidae wintering on conifers about Wash-
ington, D. C. Science, N. S., 41, June 25, p. 940. [Five species
discussed.]
OsTEN Sackex, C. R. — 1861. Ueber die Gallen und andere durch
Insecten hervorgebrachte Pflanzendeformationen in Nord-Am-
erica. Ent. Zeit. Stettin. 22. Nos. 10-12, Oct.-Dec. pp. 450-
423. [Describes CcUis gall and gall maker, Psylla (now
Pachypsylla) vcnusta from Washington, D. C]
Schwarz, E. A. — 1904. Notes on North American Psyllidae, Part I.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 6, No. 4. Nov.. pp. 234-245. figs. 6-12.
[Describes Calophya flainda new species and records C. nigri-
pennis Riley, from the vicinity of Washington. D. C]
Life History and Habits of Gastroidea caesia
Rog. (Col.)
By Milton T. Goe. Portland. Oregon.
These beautiful, little, dark-green beetles are to be found in
countless numbers in and around Portland. Oregon, from the
latter part of March until late in autumn. Plants of the Dock
species, Rumex crispiis and Riimex obtusifoliiis, are their fa-
vorite hosts, and on bright, warm days both adult and larva
may be found feeding upon the leaves of these plants; but
during cold or rainy days they take shelter in the ground near
where they are feeding. From my observations, I find of the
two Ritiiuw species, they prefer obtusifoliiis. The adult beetle
and the larva both feed greedily upon the leaves of these
plants ; the larvae eat the parenchyma ofif the upper and under
surface of the leaves, but are more often found on the under
side. The adults are even more de\astating than the larvae,
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frequently destroying the whole of the leaf except the midrib.
The Gastroideas are so fond of these plants, and confine them-
selves so closely to them, that they might well be given the
common name of Dock Beetles.
During my investigation of these Chrysomelids in their nat-
ural surroundings and in captivity, rhubarb was the only culti-
vated plant upon which I found that they would feed, though
I tested them with lettuce, radish, beet and other plant leaves.
They ate sparingly of the rhubarb leaves and readily left them
when given access to dock.
Although they have well developed wings they ne\er fly and
their protection from enemies is their color and habit of feign-
ing death.
The female deposits her eggs, which are elongated and
of a dark-yellow color, in irregular masses on the under
side of the leaves. The number of eggs in these masses varies,
but is usually from thirty to forty. The eggs are always de-
posited dviring the day. the individual laying later each day
until the laying is quite late in the afternoon, then she begins in
the early morning once more. One especiallv productive fe-
male deposited a batch of thirty-four eggs in the early morning
and thirty late in the afternoon of the same day. but this was
an exception and the only instance in which I have known of
more than one batch of eggs being deposited during the same
day. Occasionally there are days of rest when no eggs are laid.
One female deposited thirty-three eggs on the fifth day after
reaching maturity, which shows how closely one generation
may follow another. The first generation of females, which
mature from pupae that have passed the winter in the ground,
is the most productive generation of the year. While the aver-
age number of eggs produced each day is less than the average
number produced by later generations, the adult life period,
and therefore the productive period, is longer than that of la-
ter generations. During the height of the season of oviposit-
ing, the abdomen of the female is so dilated that the elytra
stand at almost right angles to the body, the fe'male at this time
being much larger than the male. At the end of the laying sea-
son the abdomen returns to its normal size. There are four or
226 ENTOMOLOGICAL XEWS. [Juiie, 'l8
five generations of this beetle each year, the number of gener-
ations depending upon the length of the warm season. The
life of the male is much shorter than that of the female: from
my observations I found the life of the female to be about
three times the length of that of the male.
Following are the dates and number of eggs laid by a female
beetle of the first generation, the period of incubation, larval
period and the time required for pupation :
March
31
29 eggs
April
14
32 eggs
April 28
38 eggs
April
I
36 eggs
April
15
None
April
29
22 eggs
April
2
31 eggs
April
16
31 eggs
April
30
None
April
3
30 eggs
April
17
32 eggs
May
I
34 eggs
April
4
7>^ eggs
April
18
None
May
^
33 eggs
April
5
Z7 eggs
April
19
38 eggs
Alay
3
36 eggs
April
6
None
April
20
32 eggs
May
4
30 eggs
April
7
21 eggs
April
21
2,7 eggs
Mav
5
36 eggs
April
8
Zl eggs
April
22
32 eggs
May
6
None
April
9
32 eggs
April
22,
22 eggs
May
7
None
April
10
32 eggs
April
24
23 eggs
May
8
22 eggs
April
II
9 eggs
April
25
35 eggs
May
9
None
April
12
24 eggs
April
26
34 eggs
May
10
None
April
13
36 eggs
April
27
None
May
May
II
12
None
22 eggs
Total, 1049 eggs.
This female laid no more eggs after May 12th and on May
1 8th we found her dead on a leaf of dock; most of these bee-
tles go into the soil to die.
April 9th, fifteen larvae hatched from the batch of twenty-
nine eggs laid on March 31st. These tiny, black, worm-like
larvae were kept in a jar containing about two inches of soil,
and provided with fresh dock leaves daily. The larvae of
these beetles do not seem to moult, but simply grow larger until
they enter the soil for pupation.
April 26th all of the larvae living at that time, ten in all.
entered the soil to pupate. Nothing more was seen of them
until May loth, when five fully developed beetles emerged
from the soil, five having died during the pupal period.
During the process of transformation these in'^ects change
in color from black to yellow, and from yellow to green.
From notes taken at dififerent times I find that the time for
incubation is from six to ten days ; the larval period is from
ten to sixteen days, and the pupal period is from fourteen to
sixteen davs.
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Records of North Carolina Odonata from 1908
to 1917.
By C. S. Brimley, Raleigh, North CaroHna.
These records include those of species not hitherto taken in
North Carolina, as well as any otlicr records which materially
extend the range of other species. The species new to North
Carolina are marked with a star (*).
Calopteryx dimidiata Burm. Wakefield, Wake County, eleven
taken on Buffalo Creek, five miles from here, July 4, 1908,
C. S. B.
Lestes vigilax Hagen. Pine Bluff, Moore County, twenty-one
taken in July, 1914, by J. D. Ives.
*Amphiagrion saucium Burm. \Raleigh, May 18, 1909, one female.
Sunburst, Haywood County, three in May, 1912, one in May,
1913, C. S. B.
Argia fumipennis Burm. Raleigh, one, July 14, 1914. Pine Bluff'.
July, 1014, seventeen, J. D. I.
Argia putrida Hagen. Pine Bluff, six in July, 1914, J. D. I.
Argia tibialis Rambur. Pine Bluff, July, 1914, J. D. I.
Argia violacea Hagen. Wakefield, Durham and Fuquay Springs
(in Wake County) are three new localities.
*Enallagma geminatum Kellicott. Pine Bluff, a pair taken by
Prof. Ives in June, 1914.
*Ischnura prognatha Hagen. Raleigh, twenty-seven taken along
pools in marshy stream running into Walnut Creek, August 1
to 29, 1914, C. S. B.
Telagrion daeckii Calvert. Southern Pines, June 23, 1909 (1), C. S.
B.; Pine Bluff, July, 1914 (5), J. D. I.
Gomphus brimleyi Muttkowski. Lumberton (as G. parvubis in
Ent. News, March, 1904; identification changed to G. abbrevi-
atus in Ent. News. March, 1906), also from Southern Pines,
April 29, 1908; White Lake, Bladen County, May, 1910 (F. S.),
and Raleigh. May 15, 1915, C. S. B.
*Gomphus plagiatus Selys. Lake Waccamaw, September 20, 191.j,
R. W. Leiby.
♦Gomphus vastus Walsh. Black Mt., late May, 1910, F. Sherman.
*Hagenius brevistylus Selys. Raleigh, one male, August 22, 1914;
also one seen mounted in collection of Mr. A. H. Manee at
Southern Pines, and said to have been taken by him there.
*Lanthus parvulus Selys. .\ndrews, Cherokee County, tenerals
common in mid-May, 1908, C. S. B. Sunburst, rather common
in late May, 1913, but none seen at same season in previous
year, C. S. B. Black Mt., late May, 1910, two, F. S.
228 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 13^""^^- ' ^^
Progomphus obscurus Rambur. Pine Bluff, July. 1914: Southern
Pines, June 22, 23, 1909, C. S. B. Fuquay Springs, June 22,
1911. C. S. B.
Tachopteryx thoreyi Hagen. Raleigh, two taken by H. Spencer,
May 14, 1916. near Lake Raleigh.
Aeshna umbrosa E. M. \\alker. The specimens previouslj- listed
by me from Raleigh, Linville and Highlands as A. constricta
should be referred here. Blowing Rock, September 4, 1915,
one male.
Epiaeschna heros Fabr. Southern Pines, May 1.5, 1909, A. H.
Manee.
Cordulegaster diastatops Selys. Andrews, late May, 1908. Sun-
burst, a few in late May, 1912, and 1913, C S. B.; three in mid-
June, 1911, F. S. Southern Pines, April 8. 1910, A. H. M.
Aquone. Franklin County, mid-May. 1911, F. S.
Cordulegaster fasciatus Rambur. Ridgecrest, mid-July, 1916, taken
by some bo^'s and brought to Mr. Sherman's office.
Didymops transversa Say. Greensboro, early May, 1913, C. S. B.
Helocordnlia selysii Hagen. Raleigh, March 18, 1908, and April 17,
1914. C. S. B.
Macromia georgina Selys. Our Raleigh Macromias seem to be-
long here, including those formerly listed as M. iaeniolata and
M. illinoensis (Ent. News, May, 1903, and March, 1906). Rather
uncommon at Raleigh, flying both over streams, and in open
places in dry upland woods, from late June to mid-September,
also Southern Pines, September 6, 1909.
*Macromia australensis Williamson. Raleigh. July 26, 1916, one
female lacking the antehumeral stripes, maj^ belong here, if
not merely a variation from M. georgina, which it otherwise
resembles (C. S. B.).
Neurocordulia obsoleta Say. Southern Pines, June 5, 1909, A.
H. M.
Tetragoneuria cynosura Say. Southern Pines. April 4. 1910, A.
H. M.
Tetragoneuria cynosura simulans Muttkowski. Here belong my
"sc»iiaquca" records from Lumberton and Raleigh.
Tetragoneuria semiaquea Burm. Here belong all my complanata
records, also the semiaquea records from Lake Ellis. Other
localities are Southern Pines, late March and April, Manee;
White Lake. May, 1910, F. S.
Celithemis elisa Hagen. Southern Pines, August 11. 1909. three,
A. H. M. Pine Bluff, June, July, 1914, J. D. I. Raleigh,
August 29, 1914, August 8, 1916.
Celithemis fasciata Kirby. Southern Pines, June 23, 1909. C. S. B.
Lakeview. June 11, 1912, C. S. B. Pine Bluff, June, July, 1914,
A'ol. xxix] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 22q
J. D. I. Raleigh, six in July and August! 1914 to lOlfi, C. S. B.
Celithemis ornata Rambur. Pine Bluff, June, July, 1914, J. D. I.
White Lake, early June, 1915, F. S.
Erythrodiplax minuscula Rambur. Raleigh, June 18, 1908. August
3. 1915, C. S. B. Pine Bluff, June, July, 1914, J. D. I.
Ladona deplanata Rambur. Raleigh, April 21, 1916.
Libellula auripennis Burm. Cape Hatteras, July, August, 1909.
Libellula axillena VVestwood. Raleigh, August 4, 1908, July 16,
26. 1917; Wakefield, July 1, 1908, C. S. B. Southern Pines.
August 11, 1900, A. H. M.
Libellula flavida Rambur. Fuquay Springs, June 20, 1911, two;
Pine Bluff, three in June and July. 1914, J. D. I.
Libellula pulchella Drury. Sunburst, late May, 1913, C. S. B.
Libellula semifasciata Burm. Sunburst, late May, 1913, at 4000
feet elevation, C. S. B.
Libellula vibrans Fabr. Southern Pines, June 23, 1909, A. H'. M.
Nannothemis bella Uhler. Southern Pines, June 23. 1909, abun-
dant. Pine Bluff, twenty-six in June and July, 1914, J. D. I.
*Pantala hymenaea Say. Raleigh, August 11, 1915, one female.
These records are based on my own collecting, on collecting
done by Mr. F. Sherman, Entomologist to the State Depart-
ment of Agriculture, and his assistants, on specimens received
from Mr. A. H. Manee, of Sotithern Pines, and on collections
made by Professor J. D. Ives, formerly of Wake Forest Col-
lege, at Pine Blufif, Moore County, in Jime and July, 1914.
The total number of forms of Odonata which I tiow have
on record from North Carolina is 104, of which 36 are Zvgop-
tera, and the remaining 68 Anisootera.
A New Species of Johannsenomyia (Ceratopogonidae,
Diptera).
■ By J. R. Malloch. Urbana, Illinois.
In describing the present species I take the opportunity to
correct an error in my synopsis of this genus.*
The species stigmalis Coquillett should be placed among
those with unspined fifth tarsal joint, and should run down
to section 7 in the key. The characters cited under the first
subsection of 12 should be transferred to 7 as an additional
subsection.
*Bull. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., vol. X, art. 6, p. 332 (1915).
230 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. f June, '18
To include the present species, Section 12 should be
changed to read as follows:
12. Tarsal claws exceedingly long, those of each hind pair very
unequal, the inner about 4 times as long as the oiiter,
annulicornis n. sp.
Tarsal claws short, subequal on all legs 13
Johannsenomyia annulicornis sp. n.
9 . Black, slightly shining. Back of head and vertex brown, re-
mainder of head and its appendages yellow, apices of the short
flagellar joints, and all of the long joints except the bases of the first
two fuscous. Thorax, except prothorax, and abdomen black. Le.i^s
yellow, mid and hind coxae, hind femora except bases, hind tibia
on basal half, the extreme apices of basal four joints and all of apical
joints on all legs fuscous. Wings clear, region of cross-vein ir:-
fuscated. Halteres dark brown.
Antennae very slender, longer than head and thorax combined.
Thorax densely short-haired ; mesopleurae with similar short hairs
on the greater portion of its surface. Legs very long, fore and
hind femora thickened apically, tibiae not setulose ; basal joint of
hind tarsi but little shorter than hind tibiae: apical tarsal joint on
all legs with a double series of long bristles on basal half ; claws each
with a short tooth at base, inner claw on hind tarsi about four times
as long as outer. Third vein ending about one-eighth from apex of
wing, first at about one-fifth of distance from cross-vein to apex of
third; media and cubitus forking before cross-vein. Length, 4 mm.
Type. 9 , Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History.
Type locality, Lake MUa. Illinois, July 21, 1916 (C. A.
Harb.).
-^
A New Species of Macrosiphum (Aphididae, Horn.)-
H. F. Wilson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
This insect occurs commonly on the leaves of Rhododen-
dron calif ornicnm Hook, along the coast region of Oregon.
The description was made from specimens collected at New
Port, Oregon, June 15, 191 5. Apterous, alate and pupal
forms were present in great numbers.
T\pcs mounted in balsam on slides, in my collection.
Macrosiphum rhododendri, n. sp.
Apterous ziziparoiis female. General color pale green, a few pinkish
forms were also taken. The distal end of the fifth and the entire
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sixth segment with unguis dusky. Distal ends of tibiae and tarsi
also dusky. Hairs on antennae, legs and body short and heavy,
spinelike, capitate at the tip. Antennae slightly longer than the
body. Unguis slightly longer than the third antennal segment. Third
segment with two or three small circular sensoria. Antennal tubercle
prominent and gibbous. Nectaries more or less cylindrical, but with
a slight taper and slightly curved toward the center. This latter
character produces a slightly swollen effect which is accentuated by
the constricted tip.
Measurements. Body length, 2 mm. Length of antennae : total
length 2.26 mm. Antennal segments III. 0.58 mm. ; IV. 0.38 mm. :
V. 0.38 mm.; VI. 0.13 mm.; Unguis 0.56 mm. Length of nectaries
inside 0.55 mm. Cauda 0.22 mm.
Pupae. Dark grey to chocolate brown.
Alate I'iiiparous female. General color pale green, head and
thorax dusky to black. Antennae with outer two-thirds dusky.
Tibiae at distal end, and tarsi dusky. Antennae a little longer than
the body. Fourth segment a trifle longer than the unguis. Third
segment with 30 to 40 irregularly sized circular sensoria. Antennal
*,'>—-
Macrosiphuni rhododendri n. sp. — A, Nectary. B, Third antennal segment.
tubercles large and gibbous. Nectaries as in the apterous form.
Cauda turned upward and constricted toward the middle, as in
drawing.
Measurements. Body length, 2.22 mm. Length of antennae. 2.25
mm. Antennal segments. III. 0.578 mm.; IV. 0.4 mm.; V. 0.41 mm.;
VI. 0.09 mm. ; Unguis, 0.53 mm. Nectaries, 0445 mm. Cauda, 0.24
mm.
Coenonympha brenda (Lep. : Satyridae).
I spent the last of August, 1917 in the Greenhorns above Glenville,
California. Noticing a pallid little Satyrid, I took half a dozen, more
for purposes of identification than anything else. Because of limited
opportunity to collect and miserable facilities for preserving a collec-
tion in the oil-country, I usually foolishly disregard the insignificant
sorts. Imagine my chagrin, on reaching home, to find my Satyrid
to be Coenonympha brenda! While not gregarious, three or four were
fluttering languidly over every high, grassy knoll, and a day's collecting
would have yielded a hundred specimens. T wonder if C. brenda is
a late-fall species, coming after we have about given up collecting,
and thus has escaped notice? — W, H. Ireland,
ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS.
Philadelphia, Pa., June, 191 8.
Making the Editorial of Greater Use To Entomology.
In a recent (December, 1917) number of the Sigma Xi
Quarterly, the hterary editor of The Independent has some
amusing remarks "From the other side of the Barricade,"
the obstacle in question being that which separates editors
from non-editors. Many topics are touched upon but for our
present purpose we wish merely to quote the following :
And there are others, graduate students, assistants, teachers, men
who stand at the very frontier of human knowledge, familiar with
sources, knowing real science from fake science, eager and able to
write, but when they come to me or I get after them they ask helpless-
ly: "What do you want me to write about?"
What do they take an editor for anyway? If I knew what they
know I should not ask them to write. I should do it myself. Do they
think that our correspondent somewhere in France cables to us : "Come
over and tell me what there is here to write about"? Do they think
that our^ musical critic drops in to ask: "Have I heard any new com-
posers lately whom you think I ought to write about and, if so, what
should I say about them?" Did Columbus go to King Ferdinand and
inquire: "Has Your Majesty anything in the sea-faring line that
you would like to have me do?"
To these extracts we should like to add the last sentence
from the First Report of Committee on Zoology of the Na-
tional Research Council : "The Committee .... invites from
every zoological investigator in the country ^ statement of the
things most urgently needed for the promotion of his own
research work."
The needs and problems of The Independent are not those
of the News or of other entomological journals, at the pres-
ent time at least. Whatever opinions may be held as to the
value of the articles published in the periodicals of our sci-
ence, there is now no lack of material to occupy the available
monthly or quarterly space. These articles are almost wholly
technical, often narrowly so. But in the prosecution of such
special and limited researches, difficulties, errors and hind-
232
Vol. xxixl ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 233
ranees of various kinds continually appear. Many of these
could be overcome, avoided, or removed by pointing them out
and discussing them in a general and impersonal manner.
Here the editorial page offers an opportunity and the News
will be glad to have suggestions, from those enumerated in
the first sentence quoted above from the Quarterly, as to just
what some of their problems are so that the editors may
discuss them. Many of the editorials which have appeared
in this journal have been based on such conscious or uncon-
scious criticisms, contained in letters, manuscripts received for
publication and other sources. But we should like to have
more of them, for the editors of the News do not know all
that its readers and contributors know. By such co-operation
our editorials can surely be made of greater use and assistance
to the progress of entomology.
Notes and News.
ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS
OF THE GLOBE.
An Extra Molt in the Nymphal Stages of the Chinch Bug
(Hem., Het.).
In 1875 Riley in his Seventh Missouri Report published an
original description of the four nymphal stages of the chinch bug
accompanied by figures of the different life history stages. His de-
scriptions and figures have been accepted as authentic and have been
copied repeatedly by various writers. Professor Forbes improved
the original figures immensely by publishing in the Twenty-third
Illinois Report, 1905, an excellent colored plate illustrating "The
Chinch-bug: five stages of development and the eggs." In the
descriptions, however, he stated that "the chinch-bug molts four
times after hatching." A careful examination of available literature
on the subject failed to bring to light a single exception to the
original four-stage notion of Riley.
In the spring of 1916, I had an opportunity, at the Kansas Experi-
ment Station to raise the insect under conditions which permitted
close observations and obtained invariably five molts instead of
four, as is generally believed. The extra molt or stage exists
between either the first and second stages or second and third stages
of Riley. The exact sequence of this extra stage is difficult to state
because of the inadequacy of the original description. The five
nymphal stages, as I found them, are distinct and can be distinguished
234 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [J"ne, 'l8
from one another on a definite structural basis. They can be readily
distinguished by the degree of the development of the mesothoracic
wing pads as follows : First stage, no wing pads discernible, no
dusky bands on the mesothorax ; second stage, no wing pads visible
but a dusky band on each side of the meson of the mesothorax, the
caudal margin of the dusky areas straight; third stage, rudimentary
wing pads visible as a slight projection from the caudal margin of
each dusky band on the mesothorax, the tip of the wing pads not
reaching the caudal margin of the mesothorax ; fourth stage, the
wing pads distinct, extend on to but not beyond the first abdominal
segment; fifth stage, wing pads very distinct, extend on to and some-
times beyond the second abdominal segment. These five stages
were found in the fields, indicating that the extra molt occurs m
nature and was not an abnormality produced under artificial condi-
tions. Detailed descriptions of different stages will be published later.
— Hachiro Yuasa, University of Illinois, Urbana, 111.
Emergency Entomological Service.
Publication of the reports issued under this heading by the United
States Department of Agriculture reporting co-operatinn l)etween
Federal, State and Station Entomologists and other agencies, sus-
pended since early January (see the News for February, 1918, pp.
72-74), has been resumed with No. 11 for May i, 1918, consistin;; of
40 mimeographed pages.
As in the earlier issues, this number contains notes on many dif-
ferent entomological topics, so that it is difficult to give a summary
of its most important contents in a small space. The data given arc
not only of direct economic value, luit also of much ecological in-
terest.
The foreword says, "The general tenor of all the reports is thit
there has been considerable climatic control of insects during the past
winter. It will be of great interest to watch the conditions this year
with a view to determining, if possible, what that control has been
compared with other years." Thus, winter-killing, in large per-
centages, of Coleopterous and Lepidopterous larvae is reported from
Connecticut, of bag-worms in West Virginia, of scale ins-^cts in Michi-
gan, Rhode Island and District of Columbia, of the Argentine ant
at New Orleans, of codling moth larvae in parts (but not all) of the
Arkansas valley and in Illinois, of aphids in Virginia and Indiana;
boring larvae in dead trees, however, are exceptions to this statement.
Winter losses were unusually heavy among bees that were not properly
protected in the clover region. In California, where the climatic con-
ditions were less severe, aphids appeared in injurious numbers in
January, and the cotton leaf-perforatoi (Buccitlatrix fhiirbericlla)
has appeared "much earlier than ever before observed," as a "quite
alarming" outl)reak in the Imperial Valley. In southern Arizona "ex-
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ceptionally cold nights" ]iy interfering with the development of
parasites has resulted in a very serious infestation of aphids in
April. The citrus white fly (Dialcurodcs citri) has been checked in
its development but not killed "to any material degree" by cold spells
in Louisiana. The entomological department of the Florida Plant
Board is preparing for distribution cultures of the Red and Yellow
Asclicrsonia fungi which are specific enemies of this insect.
Among insect enemies of special importance are noted the Sweet
Potato Weevil (Cyclas fonnicarius) which has been found on an ad-
ditional plant {Calonyotioii boiia-nox) in Florida; certain varieties
of the miOrning glory, especially Ipomoca pcs-caprac, are considered
to be the preferred host plants of this weevii and heiice may serve as
successful "catch crops." Heavy losses from this insect have been
suffered in Texas.
The acreage in Irish potatoes in Louisiana is unusually large with
complaints of injury by the Colorado beetle.
The Hessian fly began emergence in southern Illinois on April i,
a week earlier than in 1917. and was in flight in southeastern Missouri
on March 18; little damage from this insect to the winter wheat
crop of 1918 is expected, however. An interesting relation between
this fly and joint worms is brought out, but is too lengthy for in-
clusion here. The worst injury to wheat in Kansas has beer, caused
by the false wire worm, Elcodcs opaca.
.Abundant rains in parts of Texas in the first half of April are cred-
ited with having killed nearly all the chinch bugs there. Outbreaks are
possible in southern Illinois and parts of Missouri and Kansas.
A European corn stalk borer (Pyrausta nubilalis Hiibn.) is very
abundant in eastern Massachusettts, causing serious anxiety. It may
be made a subject of quarantine by the Federal Horticultural Board.
A warning of probable destructive outbreaks of white grubs in many
sections north of a line from Philadelphia to Des Moines is sounded.
Heavy infestations of canker worms are noted in Mississippi, the
eastern part of Kansas and northeastern Ohio.
The plum curculio is expected in large numbers in Georgia and in
Ohio.
The pear thrips has been more abundant than usual in the San Fran-
cisco Bay region of California.
Both the cottony cushion scale (Iccrya purcliasi) and its enemy, the
Vedalia lady-bird, overwintered successfully at New Orleans, the for-
mer only being killed when its host plant was destroyed ; "the present
status of Iccrya control at New Orleans looks very encouraging." In
Tulare County, California, spraying orchards with a proprietary com-
bined insecticide and fungicide containing arsenicals destroyed the
Vedalia, resulting in a "very striking and most interesting" outbreak
of the cottony cushon scale on citrus. I'cdalia is being furnished by
hundreds to growers in Florida by the State Plant Board.
236 ENTOMOtOGICAt NEWS. [June, '18
"The destruction and cleaning up of cotton in and surrounding the
districts in Texas invaded by the pink boll worm is now practically
completed for the crop of 1917 .... A total of 8794 acres of cotton
land has been cleared of standing and scattered cotton at an average
cost of $9.94 per acre. The cotton fields cleaned represent 657 owners
or tenants .... Proclamations have been issued by the Governor
of Texas quarantining the known infested districts in Texas ....
Within these areas the growing of cotton is designated a public menace
and is prohibited for a term of three years, or so long as such condi-
tion of menace to the cotton industry shall be deemed to exist." The
boll weevil and the pink boll worm are still found in Arizona.
Indications are favorable for outbreaks of grasshoppers in the west-
ern half of Kansas and in Montana, and of plant lice in Wisconsin.
"The general situation in regard to insecticides over the country is
favorable as regards the amount of materials on hand or apparently
available. A considerable increase in cost of certain classes of insecti-
cides, however, is to be noted, especially arsenical insecticides, lime-
sulphur preparations and fish-oil soaps." Prof. A. L. Lovett, of Ore-
gon, expresses the belief that a more thoroughly organized effort
among entomologists for making tests of insecticides is desirable.
Several entomologists who have entered the Sanitary Corps of the
Army having expressed a desire to keep in touch with problems which
are being met by other entomologists, contributions from entomologists
at the training camps will be welcome and will be given a separate
heading in future numbers of these Reports. Screw-worm flies ap-
peared in unusual numbers in April in certain parts of Texas, wh'ch
is partly ascribed to the large number of carcasses of animals which
died as a result of the extreme drought in southwest Texas and were
not properly cared for. In the absence of Prof. W. B. Herms, now a
Captain in the Sanitary Service, the mosquito survey of California will
be continued this year by Prof. S. B. Freeborn and the State Board of
Health, and it is hoped to complete it this year. A malarial mosquito
survey of Missouri is under way.
"The exports of 1917 honey to Europe, especially to the United King-
dom, have exceeded by far any previous year. During the winter it
was common for more honey to leave for Europe in ten days than in
any year previous to 1914. Imports have been very heavy, but honey
is now included in the list of articles of which the imports are restricte.l
. . . ■ . Requests for help in the work [of Apiculture] espe-
cially for the service of extension men, are far greater than can be
filled because of a lack of both money and available men."
The State Entomologist of Connecticut writes : "Here we are short-
handed and it is hard to get help. Our funds are somewhat limited, and
this probably is the case at many of the state institutions."
\'ol. xxix] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 237
Entomological Literature.
COMPILED BY E. T. CRESSON, JR., AND J. A. G. REHN.
Under the above head it Is intended to note papers received at the
Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, pertaining to the En-
tomology of the Americas (North and South),' including Arachnida and
Myriopoda. Articles irrelevant to American entomology will not be noted;
but contributions to anatomy, physiology and embrj'ology of insects, how-
ever, whether relating to American or exotic species, will be recorded.
The numbers in Heavy-Faced Type refer to the journals, as numbered
in the following list, in which the papers are published.
All continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their
first installments.
The records of papers containing new species are all grouped at the
end of each Order of which they treat. Unless mentioned in the title,
the number of the new species occurring north of Mexico is given at
end of title, within brackets.
For records of Economic Literature, see the Experiment Station Record.
Office of Experiment Stations, Washmgton. Also Review of Applied En-
tomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on Medical Ento-
mology, see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B.
4 — The Canadian Entomologist. 5 — Psyche. 11 — Annals and
Magazine of Natural History, 9th series, London. 12 — Comptes
Rendtis, Academie des Sciences, Paris. 50 — Proceedings, U. S.
National Museum. 68 — Science, New York. 86 — Annales, Societe
Entomologique de France, Paris. 87 — Bulletin, Societe Entomolo-
gique de France, Paris. 179 — -Journal of Economic Entomology.
180 — Annals, Entomological Society of America. 184 — Journal of
Experimental Zoology, Philadelphia. 189 — Journal of Entomology
and Zoology, Claremont, Calif. 198 — ^Biological Bulletin, Marine
Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. 235 — Memorie. R. Ac-
cademia dei Lincei, 5th series, Roma. 240 — Maine Agricultural
Experiment Station, Orono. 272 — Memorias, Real Academia de
Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona. 306 — Journal, College of Agricul-
ture, Imperial University of Tokyo. 411 — Bulletin, The Brooklyn
Entomological Society. 420 — Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus,
Washington. 447 — Journal of Agricultural Research, Washing-
ton. 490 — ^The Journal of Parasitology, Urbana, Illinois. 548 —
Physis. Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales.
GENERAL SUBJECT. Campos, F.— Algunos cases teratolo-
gicos observados en los artropodos, 180, xi, 97-8. Needham, J. G.
—Aquatic insects (in Ward & Whipple. Fresh-water biology, pp.
876-946). Brittain, W. H. — The insect collections of the Maritime
Provinces [Canada], 4, 1, 117-22. Bruch, C. — Nuevas capturas de
insectos mirmecofilos, 548, iii, 458-66.
PHYSIOLOGY AND EMBRYOLOGY. Machida, J.— The sper-
matogenesis of an orthopteron, Atractomorpha bedeli, 306, vi,
215-44.
MEDICAL. Felt, E. P. — Insects and camp sanitation, 179, xi,
9.3-106.
ARACHNIDA, ETC. Emerton, J. H.— Studies of Canadian spi-
238 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jlllie. '18
ders in summer of 1917, 4, 1, 128-9. Ewing & Hartzell — The chig-
ger-mites affecting man and domestic animals, 179, xi, 256-64.
Frers, A. G. — Nota sobre "Apembolephaenus jorgei," 548, iii, 405-6.
Wolcott, R. H. — The water-mites (Hydracarina) (in Ward & Whip-
ple. Fresh-water biology, pp. 851-875).
Chamberlin, R. V. — Myriapods from Nashville, Tennessee, 5, xxv,
2.''.-30. Hodgkiss, H. E.— Eriophyes ramosus n. sp., 179, xi, 149.
NEUROPTERA, ETC. Bruch, C— Desarrollo de Chrysopa la-
nata, 548, iii, 361-9. Grassi, B. — Flagellati viventi nei termiti, 235,
xii, 331-94. Longinos Navas, R. P. — N. nuevos o poco conocidos,
272,'xiii, No. 26, 16 pp.
ORTHOPTERA. Caudell, A. N.— On a collection of O.. made
in Central Peru (exclusive of the Locustidae), 420, vi, 1-70. Glaser,
R. W. — A systematic study of the organisms distributed under the
name of Coccobacillus acridiorum, 180, xi, 19-42. Pantel, J. — A
proposito de un Anisolabis. Contribucion al estudio de los or-
ganos voladores y de los asclerites toracicos en los Dermapteros,
272, xiv, No. 1, 160 pp. Sanford, E W. — Experiments on the physi-
ology of digestion in the Blattidae, 184, xxv, 355-412.
HEMIPTERA. Becker, G. G.— Notes on the woolly aphis, 179,
xi, 245-55. Bruch, C. — (See General Subjects). Fulton, B. B.^
Observations on the life-history and habits of Pilophorus walshii,
180, xi, 93-6. Johnson & Ledig — Teiitative list of Hemiptera from
the Claremont-Laguna region, 189, x, 3-8. Lathrop, F. H. — Notes
on three species of apple leaf hoppers, 179, xi, 144-S. Paddock, F.
B.— Texas aphid notes, 179, xi, 29-32. Smulyan, M. T.— Key and
descriptions for the separation and determination of . . . stem
mothers of three species of aphids . . ., 5, xxv, 19-23.
Knight, H. H. — Additional data on the distribution and food
plants of Lygus, with descriptions of a n. sp. and var., 411, xiii,
42-5.
LEPIDOPTERA. Ainslie, G. G.— Contributions to a knowledge
of the Crambinae of N. A. I., 180, xi, 51-62. Benedict, R. C— The
yellow clothes moth, 68, xlvii, 392. Brethes, J. — Description d'une
galle et du papillon qui la produit, 548, iii, 449-51. Dyar, H. G. —
Descriptions of new L. from Mexico, 50, liv, 335-72. Giacomelli, E.
— Nuevos estudios y observaciones sobre Pieridas argentinas. No-
tas lepidopterologicas, 548, iii, 370-85; 406-9. King, J. L. — Notes on
the biology of the angoumois grain moth, Sitotroga cerealella, 179,
xi, 87-93. Peterson, A. — Some experiments on the adults and eggs
of the peach tree borer, Sanninoidea exitiosa, and other notes, 179,
xi, 46-55. Prout, L. B. — New Heterocera in the Joicey collection,
11, i, 312-18. Turner, C. H. — The locomotions of surface-feeding
AV)1. xxix] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 2^9
caterpillars are not tropisms, 198, xxxiv, 37-148. Webster, R. L. —
Notes on a spirea leaf-roller, 179, xi, 269.
DIPTERA. Aldrich, J. M.— Notes on D., 5, xxv. 30-5. Seasonal
and climatic variations in Cerodonta, 180, xi, 63-6. Barber, G. W.
— On the life! history of Sarcophaga eleodis, 179, xi, 268. Brethes,
J. — Description d'une cecidie et de sa Cecidomyie d'une "Lippia"
d'Entre Rios, 548, iii, 411-13. Bruch, C. — Observaciones sobre
"Hirmoneura exotica," 548, iii, 427-30. Cameron, A. E. — Life history
of the leaf-eating crane-fly (Cylindrotoma splendens), 180, xi, 67-89.
Claassen, P. W. — Observations on the life history and biology of
Agromyza laterella, 180, xi, 9-18. Cockerell, T. D. A. — The mos-
quitoes of Colorado, 179, xi, 195-200. Dunn, L. H. — Studies on the
screw worm fly, Chrysomyia macellaria, in Panama, 490, iv, 111-121.
Hutchison, R. H. — Overwintering of the house fly, 447, xiii, 149-70.
Malloch, J. R. — Key for the specific identification of the females of
the dipterous genus Hydrotaea found in N. A., 411, xiii, 30-3.
Dyar, H. G. — The male genitalia of Aedes as indicative of nat-
ural affinities. A revision of the American species of Culex on the
male genitalia. A note on the American species of Mansonia,
420, vi, 71-86; 86-111; 112-115. Malloch, J. R.— A partial key to
species of Agromyza, Paper 2, 4, 1, 130-2. A n. sp. of Orthocladius
(Chironomidae), 411, xiii, 42. Parker, R. R. — A new sp. of Sarco-
phaga from Br. Columbia, 4, 1, 122-4.
COLEOPTERA. Bruch, C— (See General Subjects). Burke,
H. E. — Notes on some southwestern Buprestidae, 179, .xi, 209-11.
Desbordes, H. — Contribution a la connaissance des Histerides. 3
Mem., 86, Ixxxvi, 165-92. Gamett, R. T. — Notes on the genus Bu-
prestis, in California, 180, xi, 90-2. Hayes, W. P. — Studies on the
life-history of two Kansas Scarabaeidae, 179, xi, 136-44. Pic, M.
— Especes nouvelles du genre Statira, et notes synonymiques, 87,
i;U8, 95-6. Tremoleras, J. — Description d'un carabique nouveau
appartenant au genre "Ega," 548, iii, 436-7. Woods, W. C. — The
biology of the alder flea-beetle (Altica bimarginata), 240, Bui. 265.
Barber, H. G. — A n. sp. of Leptoglossus: a new Blissus and vari-
eties, 411, xiii, 35-9. Davis, W. T. — A new tiger-beetle from Texas,
411, xiii, 33-4. Ferris, G. F. — An apparently n. sp. of Leptinillus
(Leptinidae). 4, 1, 125-8. Fisher, W. S.— A new Hoplia from Flor-
ida, 4, 1, 140-2.
HYMENOPTERA. Cockerell, T. D. A.— Some South American
bees, 4, 1. 137-140. Brethes, J.— Description d'un Chalcidien galli-
cole de la Republique Argentine, 87, 1918, 82-4. Bruch, C— Hormi-
gas de Catamarca (see also General Subjects), 548, iii, 430-3. Fri-
son, T. H. — Additional notes on the life history of Bombus auri-
240 EXTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Juiie. '18
comus, 180, xi, 43-50. Lecaillon, A. — Sur la maniere dont I'Ammo-
phile herissee (Psammophila hirsuta) capture et transporte sa
proie, et sur I'explication rationnelle de I'instinct de cet hymenop-
tere, 12, 1918, 530-2. Nelson, J. A.— The segmentation of the ab-
domen of the honey bee, 180, xi. 1-8. Whiting, P. W. — Sex-deter-
mination and biology of a parasitic wasp, Hadrobracon brevicornis,
198, xxxiv, 250-6. Wolcott, G. N. — An emergence response of Tri-
chogramma minutum to light, 179, xi. 205-9.
OBITUARY.
The March, 1918, issue of Tlic Oolor/isf, of Lacon, [Ihiiois.
contains an obituar}^ notice and ])ortrait of Ottom.xr Rei-
NECKE, who, in cooperation with Frank H. Zesch. pubhished a
"List of the Coleoptera Observed and Collected in the Mcinity
of Buflfalo" {Bulletin, Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci., iv, pp. 2-15, Jnly.
1881). This list gives the names of species only, collected
'"within a radius not exceeding fifteen miles [during] . . .
a period of nearly fourteen years." An '"Additional List of
Coleoptera collected by Ottomar Reinecke," likewise of
names only, appeared in Januar}-. 1882, on page 55 of the
same volume. According to The Oologist, Reinecke was born
at Sondershaven, Germany, November 26, 1840, settled in
Buffalo at the age of twelve years, and died there. November
26, 191 7. He was a printer, editor and a proprietor of the
Freie Pressc, park commissioner and business man, and a stu-
dent of birds as well as of beetles.
The death of Dr. Emile Frey-Gessxer, of Geneva. Swit-
zerland, an honorary fellow of the Entomological Society of
London since 1912, was announced at the meeting of that
Society held October 3, 191 7, but without further particu-
lars.
The English journals print obituaries of William Henry
Harwood, English Lepidopterist and Hymenopterist. born
February 25, 1840; died December 24, 1917. (Ent. Mo. Mag.,
Feby., 1918), and of Richard S. Standex, English Lepidop-
terist and artist, born October 11, 1835; died July 29, 1917
{Entomolngist, Nov., 1917; Ent. Mo. Mag., Dec, 1917.)
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